Device for teazeling cloth and other fabrics.



s. GRIMSON. DEVICE FOR TEAZELING CLOTH AND OTHER FABRICS APPLICATIONFILED MAY 23, 1908.

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tiTATEe-i SAMUEL GRIMSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DEVICE FOR TEAZELING- CLOTH AND OTHER FABRICS.

Application filed May 23,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, SAMUEL GRIMSON, a resident of the city of New York,in he county and State of h ew York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Devices for Tea-zeling Cloth and other Fabrics,of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a cheap, simple andconvenient device for stirring up or tea-zeling the nap or surface offabrics, whereby any dirt therein and the worn or shiny appearance ofthe material can be removed, and the original appearance thereof can beto a certain degree restored.

The invention consists of the combination of parts adapted to stir upthe nap of the cloth by stirring devices containing a series of straightpins, a series of pins having points minutely turned, a series of pinshaving a spring-like action, or having a suitable edge either smooth orserrated and having a similar action, or by two or more of such stirringdevices, depending upon the character of the cloth or its condition ofwear, etc., and in arranging such stirring devices in a suitable handlein which they are rigidly retained, and so that they will be under themechanical control of the operator.

In the drawings which illustrate examples of my invention, and in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate the same parts, Figure 1, is aside view of one example of my invention. Fig. 2, is an end view of thesame. Fig. 3, is a side view of another eX- ample of my invention. Fig.4, is an end view of the same looking toward the stirrers, and with arow of the straight pins only shown. Figs. 5, 6, 7 and S are views ofdetails.

In the example of my invention. shown in Fig. 1, a suitable holder isn'ovided, which consists of a handle, 1, a frame, 2, having ears, 3, 3,in which rollers, 4, 4, are supported. To the upper part of the frame,2, guide holders, 5, 5, are attached, in which guide stems, 6, 6, arearranged to move. The guide stems, 6, 6, are attached to a plate, 7,which may extend from side to side of the holder, and serve to keep theplate, 7, in a straight and even position during the operation of thedevice.

A thumb screw, 8, is provided, which may be kept in proper position by areinforce, 9, attached to the upper part of the frame, 2, and passesthrough the part, 9, and into a suitable bearing part, 10, by means ofwhich Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 25, 1909.

Serial No. 43%,654.

the thumb screw, 8, is operatively connected to the plate, 7, so as toraise and lower the same.

To the plate, 7, which is a supporting plate in this example of myinvention, provision. is made for attaching plates which bear partsadapted to perform the teazeling work required, for which severaldifferently formed stirring devices may be used, according to the natureof the cloth or material to be operated on, its condition of wear, orthe character of the dirt or soiling which is to be removed, stirred upor loosened. Thus in the device shown in Fig. l, a plate, 11, isattached to the supporting plate, 7, and this plate, 11, is providedwith a series of steel pins, 12, having straight points, which may beused to advantage for certain kinds of such. work as has been referredto.

The cloth to be operated on is laid upon a suitable surface, the deviceis placed upon it, and by means of the thumb screw, 8, the pins arelowered to the required position to rake the surface of the clothgently, so as not to injure or tear the same, and by moving the devicebackward and forward, the required stirring or raking of the surface isaccomplished.

It will be observed. that by reason of the raking pins being rigidlyattached to the frame, 2, the pins are always under the mechanicalcontrol of the operator, and there is no danger of tearing or injuringthe cloth or material which is being treated, as it is only necessary tolift up the device and withdraw the pins if it is found that they havebeen pushed into the cloth so deep as to render injury liable.

For some kinds of cloth, or work required, when a series of straightpointed pins will not do the teazeling or stirring up satisfactorily,another form of stirrers is provided, as shown in Fig. 5. In this aplate, 13, adapted to be screwed to the supporting plate, 7, is providedwith a series of pins, 14, having points slightly hent at an angle,which enter the nap or fibers of the cloth in an inclined lateraldirection and tend to raise the depressed capillary portions, and at thesame time, being rigidly attached to the handle and in complete controlof the operator, they can be withdrawn by merely pulling the devicebackward, in. case they have entered the ma terial too far.

In Fig. 6, another form of stirrers is shown. In this figure there is aplate, 15, adapted to be screwed to the supporting plate, 7, is providedwith a series of pins, 16, of a shape somewhat resembling an 8, wherebythe points receive a peculiar spring-like bearing when drawn upon thecloth or other fabric.

In Fig. 7, is shown a thin plate, 18, attached to a plate, 17, which isadapted to be screwed to the supporting plate, 7. This thin plate, 18,having somewhat the springlike action of the pins, 16, being bent to asimilar form, imparts a peculiar scraping to the surface of the materialto be treated,

which insome cases is desirable. For some purposes also the edge of theplate, 18, may be serrated to advantage, as indicated by the dottedlines at 19, Fig. 7.

In Figs. 8 and 4, another example of my invention is shown. In thisexample a handle, 24, having a broadened bearing part, 25, is provided,the broadened part, 25, being substantially as wide as are the stirringdevices to be attached thereto. To each side of this broadened part,lips, 21, 21, as shown in Fig. 4, are attached, and in these lips a rodor bar, 22, is disposed so that it may be rotated between the lips, 2121, To this bar or rod, 22, suitable stirrers are secured, for example,a set of straight pins, 12, a set of pins with minutely bent points, 14,etc., as desired, the arrangement of the same being radially from theaxis of the bar, 22, and so that when one set of the stirrers isadjusted in position to be pushed into the cloth, the other set will belifted above the cloth. For the purpose of fastening the bar, 22, inposition a thumb screw, 23, is provided, which passes through one of thelips, 21, as shown in Fig. 4. On the lip, 21, opposite the thumb screw,28, a spring-like dent, 27 may be arranged, and in the rod, 22, a numberof notches, 26, to take in the dent, 27, may be made, each notch, 26,being so disposed as to take in the dent, 27 when a corresponding one ofthe series of stirrers is projected into the position to operate uponthe cloth, as shown in Fig. 4, in relation to the set of straight pins,12.

In Fig. 8, is shown an arrangement of the rotating bar, 22, adapted tobe employed with the example of my invention shown in Fig. 1. In thisarrangement a plate, 20, adapted to be screwed to the supporting plate,7, is provided, on each end of which is attached a lip, 21,corresponding to the lips, 21, shown in Figs. 3 and 4, and into theselips is inserted the rotating bar or rod, 22, with its operating parts,in the same manner as has been described in relation to Figs. 3 and 4.

In using the example of my invention shown in Figs. 3 and 4, thematerial to be treated is placed upon a smooth surface, the bearingpart, 25, is placed upon the part to be treated, and the device is ushedalong the material, the handle, 24, eing held in such position as toforce the stirrers being used to the proper bearin upon the material tobe treated. In emp oying thisexample of my invention it will be notedthat the depth to which the stirrers are forced into the material is inthe absolute control of the operator, and there is no danger of any ofthe stirring devices injuring the cloth, because by lifting up thehandle24, the stirrers may be withdrawn from the material. It will thus beseen that by my invention any desired stirring devices may be employed,and when disposed according to the same in rigid holders, any of suchdevices are under the direct mechanical control of the operator, and maybe withdrawn from the material under treatment at any point of the oeration.

I therefore do not limit myse f to the ar ticular arrangement or form ofthe rigid holders, or of the disposition of the stirring devicestherein, but

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A teazeling device comprising a handle, a suitable attachment theretoadapted to keep the cloth smooth, teazeling projections dis osed rigidlyin said handle and adapted to e pressed into the material, incombination with a suitable attachment to the handle adapted to regulatethe depth to which the projections enter the material while appliedthereto, substantially as described and shown.

2. A teazeling device comprising a handle, and a suitable attachmentadapted to keep the cloth smooth, in combination with a rotating partconnected with said handle, such rotating part provided with two or moreseries of teeth with entering points of diiferent form, substantially asdescribed and shown.

3. A teazeling device comprising a handle, and a suitable attachmentadapted to keep the cloth smooth, in combination with a part carrying anumber of teeth rigidly disposed therein, such part provided withsuitable means to lower the teeth gradually into the cloth,substantially as described and shown.

4. A teazeling device comprising a handle, and a suitable attachmentadapted to keep the cloth smooth, in combination with a part carryingtwo or more series of teeth rigidly set therein, each series havingdifferently formed points, such carrying part adapted to be rotated soas to present to the cloth the particular series of teeth desired to beemployed, substantially as described and shown.

SAMUEL GRIMSON.

Witnesses:

AMY M. HARTON, BENJAMIN H. NEWELL.

